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GDP to contract by 9.5 pc in FY21, may turn positive by Q4: RBI
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 9 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday projected gross domestic product (GDP) contracting by 9.5 per cent in the current financial year amid disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic which may turn positive in the last quarter (January to
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Centre sanctions Rs 4 crore for upgrading soil testing labs in J&K
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 8 (ANI): Aiming at boosting the agriculture sector and the farmers' income in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government sanctioned Rs 4 crore to upgrade soil testing labs in the valley.
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Reforms in education, labour, agriculture impact almost every Indian: PM M
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New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has undertaken a trinity of reforms in the field of education, labour and agriculture and together they impact almost every Indian.
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Kharif sowing at record high, says Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Farmers planted Kharif crops on 10 lakh acres more compared to the previous record of 1,085 lakh hectares and the figure is about 28 lakh hectare more than the normal sowing of 1,067 hectares, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal said on Wednesday.
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FM Nirmala Sitaraman visits farm fields in Andhra's Krishna district, inte
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Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Wednesday visited the farmers in the Gannavaram Mandal in Krishna district and took stock of agricultural fields in the area.
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Contract farming will not be detrimental to farmers: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that contract farming will not be detrimental for farmers and alleged that Congress was opposing agricultural reforms for "political reasons".
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Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee's protest against farm laws enters 14th d
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): The Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) continued with its 'Rail Roko Andolan' for the 14th day on Wednesday as a symbol of protest against the three farm laws, which were passed recently in the Parliament.
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Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee rejects Centre's request for meeting on
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Wednesday turned down the Central government's request for a meeting on October 8 to resolve their concerns regarding the farm laws.
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Assam CM launches Kisan Rath mobile app to facilitate selling of agricultu
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday launched Kisan Rath (Fruits & vegetables) Mobile App to facilitate timely selling of agriculture products by promoting buyer-seller network in a programme held at Assam Administrative Staff Coll
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Farm Laws were long-waiting reforms, MSP to continue: Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 7 (ANI): Amid protests over the recently enacted farm Laws in different parts of the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday termed them as long-waiting reforms in the agriculture sector.
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Farmers meet Rajnath, Tomar, say new agriculture laws provide freedom to s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): A group of farmers, many of them Padam Shri recipients, met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday to thank them for "revolutionary steps" taken by the government to "free the farmer" through the agr
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Rahul hits back at SAD, says absence from parliament for medical checkup o
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Patiala (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Shiromani Akali Dal over its attack on him over not being in parliament when agriculture bills were passed and said he was with his mother Sonia Gandhi helping her through medical checkup and has
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